Tag: maritime
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The Austronesian Tide: How Seafaring Genius Gave Birth to Asia’s Maritime Civilisations
Long before recorded history, before the rise of Srivijaya or Majapahit, before Chinese merchants and Indian traders reached the archipelagos, the seas of Southeast Asia were already alive with movement. This was the world of the early Austronesians, a maritime civilisation rooted in Island Southeast Asia, whose seafaring knowledge shaped migrations, trade routes, and later…
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Did the Malays Teach the Romans How to Build Ships?
A professor from Universiti Malaya recently went viral for a bold statement that caught the attention of both scholars and social media users: the Malays taught the Romans how to build ships. At first glance, this claim seems extraordinary. The Malay world and the Roman Empire were separated not only by vast oceans but by…
The Indigenous Narrative 